Tuesday, July 14, 2020

In Morphy's Footsteps

How often does a player have the opportunity to win a game by simply following the moves of Paul Morphy?

Philidor Counter Gambit

Aryanjoshi03 (lichess 2159) - JimWest (lichess 2159), lichess 7/13/2020

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bd6 9.Nh5 O-O 10.Qd2 Qe8 11.g4 Nxg4 12.Nxg4 Qxh5 13.Ne5 Nc6 14.Be2 Qh3 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.Be3 Rb8


17.O-O-O Rxf2 18.Bxf2 Qa3 19.c3 Qxa2 20.b4 Qa1+ 21.Kc2 Qa4+ 22.Kb2 Bxb4 23.cxb4 Rxb4+ 24.Kc3, White resigns.